Archive for ‘April, 2016’

Youth activist along with others were forced onto a bus and evicted from the UN Climate Convention in Cancun, Mexico following a youth-led march out of the conference in protest of the exclusion of youth voices. photo: Langelle (for CIC 2010)

¡Buen Vivir! Gallery for Contemporary Art will host a closing reception for Climate Change, System Change, Personal Change on April 29 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Climate Change, System Change, Personal Change includes two interrelated exhibits:· Black on the Ground, White in the Air, artwork from Buffalo artist Ashley Powell· Climate Change—Realities and Resistance, photography by international photographers from the Critical Information Collective marking the end of its US debut after hanging at the UN climate summit in Paris in December

Reception: April 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery for Contemporary Art, 148 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Wine and light hors d’oeuvres provided along with live music from classical guitarist Greg Skulicz. For more information and images from the exhibit, visit the exhibit website.

The Gordon Parks Foundation stated in a press release, “This exhibition also includes revealing photographs by Orin Langelle documenting the installation and reception of Beard’s groundbreaking 1977 exhibition The End of the Game at New York’s International Center of Photography, which accompanied the first re-issue of his classic book.”

The Parks Foundation said in their release, “The Beard collages featured in the exhibition [Gordon Parks: Collages by Peter Beard] include photographs from throughout Parks’ career, and were made in homage to the famous African-American photojournalist. Made prior to the 2013 Gordon Parks Awards, where Beard was honored for his career as an artist and humanitarian, these extraordinary works of bricolage emerged from the two photographers’ comradeship. They combine Parks’ reportage, portraiture and artistic imagery with handwritten text, ink, and found objects applied in Beard’s inimitable style.”

Today, April 1 – April Fool’s Day – the power of collective action has trumped the fools, killers, and thieves in the Honduran government. Gustavo Castro Soto is back in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, with his family. His return marks the end of 24 days of captivity in Honduras – first in the custody of the government, which subjected him to psychological and physical torture, and then in the haven of the Mexican Embassy, because the Hondurans prohibited his departure. Gustavo was both witness to, and twice-shot victim of, the assault that killed global social movement leader Berta Cáceres in La Esperanza, Honduras, on March 3.

¡Buen Vivir! Gallery for Contemporary Art will host a special Artist’s Talk for the gallery’s show Climate Change, System Change, Personal Change featuring artist Ashley Powell on First Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m. The Artist’s Talk will be part of a First Friday reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

Climate Change, System Change, Personal Change includes two interrelated exhibits:
· Black on the Ground, White in the Air, artwork from Ashley Powell
· Climate Change—Realities and Resistance, photography by international photographers from the Critical Information Collective makes its US debut after hanging at the UN Paris climate summit in December

Artist’s Talk: At 7 p.m. Powell will discuss her work and its relation to environmental racism.

First Friday Reception: April 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery for Contemporary Art, 148 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Wine and light hors d’oeuvres provided. The show runs through April 29, when there will be a closing reception. For more information, visit the exhibit website.